Mine detail: Simms Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.03088, -77.87388

Resource(M)

Primary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1921

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W000464
DEP	10067664
Reference	CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63 360
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)